Skype goes down

siliconeyes writes: "Skype has suffered a massive failure that is preventing people all over the globe from signing on to the popular IM/voice application. The Skype heartbeat website has been displaying the message Problems with Skype login for over 24 hours now. The Skype forums are full of people complaining about the lack of service. Even though SkypeIn and SkypeOut are shown as working normally on the heartbeat site, one has to wonder how they are supposed to use these services without being able to log in!"